Results 35,521-35,540 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Even if they vote in favour of it, there must be legislation. There must be legislation irrespective of the vote. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has made this clear in his press conference.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order, on the Order of Business we are to ask about promised legislation. Irrespective of the outcome of the vote, the legislation is promised. The minimum we need from the Taoiseach, as head of Government, is an indication of the timeline for the legislation that must be published irrespective of the vote result. If there is a "Yes" vote, legislation must be published.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible that Taoiseach does not know or will not tell us.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Maybe his timeline is tomorrow.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach send it onto us? Will the Taoiseach communicate with us?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Another tribe.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Not really.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: No. The Bill was published last Friday week and Committee and Remaining Stages are to be taken today. The legislation will enable the Minister for Health to change the eligibility criteria for medical cards without ever having to return to the House again. It provides the Minister with extraordinary powers to determine who will be eligible for a medical card into the future. In addition,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: My party initiated the financial services centre in Dublin over 25 years ago. The IFSC has created sustained and significant employment for more than 25 years. I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that it is important, as a policy objective, for this country to keep track of the issues and the evolution of the industry. This is one of a range of industries that need to be maintained and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): IFSC Clearing House Group (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not, actually. I would like to make my point. I know an argument can be made about Russian money, etc. Some high profile banks from mainland Europe have been found guilty of massive money-laundering as well. Have the Taoiseach and the clearing house assessed the implications of the consequences of the Cypriot deal for the financial services centre there? Have they reflected on the...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer both of my questions. The first was whether he agrees with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, that the representative bodies were doing a disservice to their members, and the second was whether he accepts that Garda morale is very low. I would like a straight answer to the second question. Does the Taoiseach accept that Garda morale is very low?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Every time the Taoiseach says that a desk job, a clerical job or a teacher's job is the same as that of a garda, he does a disservice to gardaí. He shows a fundamental lack of respect for what they do. Their job is different from those of most other public servants. They did not have SIPTU representing them, as did others whom the Taoiseach mentioned. No one else is out chasing...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is a divide-and-conquer routine of the most cynical kind, which the Taoiseach should abandon. It is either fair, just and right, or it is not. If it is good enough for one group it should be good enough for the Garda Síochána. The Taoiseach should forget the pettiness about whether the Garda groups were represented. The Government has an obligation to arrest this decline in...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have every right to come in here and articulate on behalf of the Garda, or anybody else for that matter.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have every right to do it and I am entitled to raise these questions. We live in a democracy.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach answer it, please?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: They were represented by trade unions. There were signed deals done left, right and centre.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: So the Taoiseach punishes the Garda?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach support the Minister?
- Other Questions: Coillte Lands (26 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Or he takes the Minister.